Toy figure



1 G. SCHMIDT TOY FIGURE Filed Aug. 8, 1929 Patented Oct. 27, 1931 UNITEDSTATES GEORG- SCHMIDT, F LUDENSCEEID, GERMANY TOY FIGURE Applicationfiled August 8, 1929, Serial No. 384,396, and in Germany December 14,1928.

My invention relates to a driving mechnism for toy figures performingwith the aid of simple means an advancing leaping motion and securing aneasy and reliable action of the mechanism. The latter actuates at thesame time a voice which sounds during the leaping motion.

The annexed drawings show, by way of example, the invention,'in which 19Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section,

Fig. 1a is a vertical section taken on line A-B of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 2 is a plan view.

My invention is shown, by way of example,

in form of a frog performing by means of a suitable driving mechanism anadvancing and leaping motion and raising at the same time a croakingvoice. For this purpose, the clockwork a with its driving shaft 0 isarranged within the figure body 7). Onto this drivin shaft 0 is mounteda multi-contact cam disk cZ having 4 arms projecting radi-.

ally. The edges of the latter are concave towards one side of abow-shaped form and finally end in a point. Against this cam disk clabuts a lateral projection of a lever f pulled on by a spring 6 andfastened toa shaft 1 journalled in the frame of the clockwork. Upon theouter ends of the shaft 9 legs 71. are mounted, the outer ends of thelegs bearing against the surface of the ground. A projecting arm 2' ofthe lever f engages with a bellows is which is arranged within thefigure body 7) and which produces a croaking voice when being moved.

When the clockwork is wound up and the mechanism in action, the cam diskd rotates and the lever f, pulled b the action of the spring e againstthe cam d isk, slides upon the bow-shaped edges of the arms, whereby thelever f is raised against the spring action. As soon as the point of thearm is attained, the lever leaves it and suddenly jerks back into itsoriginal position, wherebyowing to the jerking movement of the shaft 9carrying the legs hthe lea ing motion of the toy figure is obtained. tthe same time the voice bellows k is pressed down by the projecting arm2' of the lever 7 so that a creaking voice is produced during theleaping motion.

By the example shown in the drawings the legs are formed in such amanner that the shanks are directed upwardly and 'rearwardly in the formof a broad elbow in such a manner that a direct transmission of forcestakes place firstly from the axis in the upward direction, then towardsthe elbow form and finally towards the end of the legs.

What I claim is Mechanically moved toy figure having a driving mechanismarranged within the figure body, comprising in combination a drivenshaft actuated by said driving mechanism, a multi-contact cam disk fixedon said driven shaft and provided with radial bow-shaped arms ending ina point, a shaft journalled in the frame of said driving mechanism andadapted to carry the toy figure, a pair of legs fixed outwards of thebody on said shaft, a lever having a lateral projection and beinglocated'on said shaft and so co-acting with said arms of the cam disk, aspring adapted to pull on said lever, a projecting arm connected withsaid lever, a bellows being actuated by said arm.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. is

GEORG SCHMIDT.

